Suite for five: [rehearsal]

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Title

Suite for five: [rehearsal]

Collection

Merce Cunningham Video Archive

Names

Cunningham, Merce (Creator)
Cunningham, Merce (Choreographer)
Andrieux, Cédric (Dancer)
Bokaer, Jonah (Dancer)
Chen, Ashley (Dancer)
Cunningham, Paige. (Dancer)
Farmer, Holley (Dancer)
Goggans, Jennifer (Dancer)
Roberts, Daniel Aguzzoli (Dancer)
Steele, Jeannie K. (Dancer)
Swan, Derry (Dancer)
Therrien, Cheryl (Dancer)
Merce Cunningham Dance Company (Dancer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 2002-11-26
Date Created: 2003-01-23

Table Of Contents

Suite for five (group 2) / rehearsed by Jonah Bokaer, Ashley Chen, Paige Cunningham, Holley Farmer, Jennifer Goggans (25 min.) -- Suite for five (group 1) / rehearsed by Cédric Andrieux, Daniel Roberts, Jeannie Steele, Derry Swan, Cheryl Therrien (25 min.)

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 2970
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-419 (former)

Subjects

Rehearsals
Modern dance

Genres

Filmed Dance

Notes

Content: Note on original container: SR [i.e. stage right].
Venue: Videotaped in rehearsal at the Cunningham studio, Westbeth, New York City, on Nov. 26, 2002 (group 2) and Jan. 23, 2003 (group 1).
Biographical/Historical: Suite for five, which premiered in 1956, was revived by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company for the company's 50th anniversary celebration at the Lincoln Center Festival, July 2002.
Content: You may experience playback issues with this item.Trying an alternate quality version (e.g., high, low) may resolve viewing issues.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (50 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Abstract

This video features two studio run-throughs of Suite for five, in rehearsal clothes, without musical accompaniment, by alternate casts.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16172209
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): aacc8cd0-e878-0131-0c5f-3c075448cc4b

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

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MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Suite for five: [rehearsal]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2003. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/aacc8cd0-e878-0131-0c5f-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (2003). Suite for five: [rehearsal] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/aacc8cd0-e878-0131-0c5f-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Suite for five: [rehearsal]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/aacc8cd0-e878-0131-0c5f-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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